Cambridge Who’s Who Lifetime Member Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Ph.D. is a lecturer on history and literature, and an adjunct lecturer on public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. His work in the field of higher education has helped him reap recognition as a connoisseur of history and research.

Dr. McCarthy is a renowned chronicler of social movements. His research focuses on the connection between human rights and world events that comprise three main spheres: present-day slavery and human trafficking, LGBT politics, policy and advocacy; and race relations and civil rights. Dr. McCarthy is a revered and candid forerunner in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and a founding member of Barack Obama’s National LGBT Leadership Council and the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus. He also directed the establishment of Harvard’s Alternative Spring Break Church Rebuilding Project. Through this endeavor, Dr. McCarthy has spent more than 10 years taking groups of students into the South to rebuild historically black churches that have been burned in arson attacks.

Numerous web, radio and media outlets view Dr. McCarthy as a valuable resource and feature him regularly for his expertise. To date, he has published two books, titled “Prophets of Protest: Reconsidering the History of American Abolitionism” (New Press, 2006) and “The Radical Reader: A Documentary History of the American Radical Tradition” (New Press, 2003). Dr. McCarthy’s third book is set to be released in spring 2010, and he is presently devoting his efforts to several other book projects.

Dr. McCarthy received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University, where he completed his dissertation under the tutelage of venerated historian Eric Foner. On a day-to-day basis, Dr. McCarthy conducts history and literature seminars, and teaches the art of political communications at the Kennedy School of Government. He also instructs students on social protest, the history of slavery, and expression through popular classes such as “American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac,” “Stories of Slavery and Freedom in the Modern World,” and “Arts of Communication.” He has written a plethora of articles and reviews which have appeared in prominent publications, such as The Boston Globe, The Nation, and Journal of American History.

Due to his contributions as a professor and guide, Dr. McCarthy has earned the Derek Bok Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (2006, 2007, 2008), the John R. Marquand Award for Exceptional Advising and Counseling (2003), the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for Excellence in Senior Thesis Advising (2002, 2009) and Harvard’s Stephen Botein Prize for Outstanding Teaching (2000). In 2009, he gave Harvard’s celebrated Nicholas Papadopolous Lecture, titled “Stonewall's Children: Life, Loss, and Love after Liberation”.

Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Ph.D. was selected as a Cambridge Who’s Who Lifetime Member in June 2007. Cambridge Who’s Who offers its members recognition and exposure of their accomplishments, credibility in their field and networking opportunities to stimulate career growth. Dr. McCarthy was selected for the Cambridge Who’s Who Notable Member Wiki because of his excellent achievements in history and research.